Another month, zero releases at the border

This is how gotaways are tracked

Border Patrol tracks gotaways through its Office of Field Operations (OFO) and other operational units. The process involves: 

Situational awareness: Agents monitor current and forecasted threats, trends, and patterns of unlawful crossings to anticipate and intercept potential gotaways uscode.house.gov.

Surveillance and observation: Officers use foot patrols, vehicle patrols, the number of tracks in the desert, aerial surveillance, and technology (e.g., drones, cameras) to detect individuals attempting to cross. 

Data recording: When an individual is observed attempting to cross but not apprehended, the incident is logged in CBP’s operational databases. This includes details such as location, time, method of crossing, and any identifying information.

Sector and station reporting: Gotaway data is compiled by Border Patrol sectors and stations, then aggregated to national totals. For example, FY2025 nationwide gotaway and turnback data is published by CBP U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Here is the 2023 data.

Reports indicate that in FY2023, the number of gotaways reached around 860,000, which is a substantial increase from the previous fiscal year U.S. Senate U.S. Senate . This figure is notable as it surpasses the combined populations of major U.S. cities, highlighting the scale of the issue 

Here is the 2025 data

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol recorded a daily average of just 77 "got-aways" nationwide in the last 21 days, a 95% drop from the daily average recorded in the final year of the previous administration,

Since President Donald Trump took office, CBP has recorded 5,889 got-aways, a term that refers to a person who is observed illegally crossing the border but not apprehended, across the country. Former President Joe Biden's administration recorded a daily average of 1,837 got-aways during fiscal year 2023, with 670,674 in total for that year.

Yes, stupid Tom, those so-called "gotaways" are the ones that are OBSERVED.

You idiots have been claiming that since Noble Dear Leader Trump came on the scene, there have been NO illegal border crossings. And here you are, saying, that there are...every day.

But let's take a look at your Tom-logic! These are OBSERVED and RECORDED "gotaways." This could simply mean that the migrants have learned to cross in places where they are less likely to be observed. OR, it could mean that the Trump administration simply isn't trying as hard as the Biden administration did.

So whip out that Tom-logic, stupid Tom, and tell me how the Trump administration knows about all the UNOBSERVED and UNRECORDED illegal border crossings!

And just so you know, stupid Tom, for every OBSERVED and RECORDED illegal crossing, there are approximately twenty UNOBSERVED and UNRECORDED crossings. That's the Border Patrol's own estimation--something you were careful to leave out.

It's not unlike how many drivers speed on a stretch of freeway, and the Highway Patrol saying fewer people are speeding because not as many got ticketed as last year.

Yes, stupid Tom, those so-called "gotaways" are the ones that are OBSERVED.

You idiots have been claiming that since Noble Dear Leader Trump came on the scene, there have been NO illegal border crossings. And here you are, saying, that there are...every day.

But let's take a look at your Tom-logic! These are OBSERVED and RECORDED "gotaways." This could simply mean that the migrants have learned to cross in places where they are less likely to be observed. OR, it could mean that the Trump administration simply isn't trying as hard as the Biden administration did.

So whip out that Tom-logic, stupid Tom, and tell me how the Trump administration knows about all the UNOBSERVED and UNRECORDED illegal border crossings!

And just so you know, stupid Tom, for every OBSERVED and RECORDED illegal crossing, there are approximately twenty UNOBSERVED and UNRECORDED crossings. That's the Border Patrol's own estimation--something you were careful to leave out.

It's not unlike how many drivers speed on a stretch of freeway, and the Highway Patrol saying fewer people are speeding because not as many got ticketed as last year.

Yes, and your position is that Trump has psychic knowledge of all the otherwise unobserved and undetected border crossings...and he even had that magical insight during the Biden administration!

Oooooooookay...